Assistant Professor Fungal biology and parasitism      Lab web site: Mitchell Lab

Research area: Fungal biology and parasitism with an emphasis on using modern tools and techniques in molecular biology, genomics, and proteomics to elucidate the molecular underpinnings of virulence.

Selected as a presenter in a special session, "Faces of the Future in Mycology - A Look to the Future," at the 2008 American Phytopathological Society Centennial Meeting on July 27 in Minneapolis.

Professional Positions

• 2007-present   Assistant Professor
  The Ohio State University, Department of Plant Pathology
• 2001-2007    Research Assistant Professor
  North Carolina State University, Center for Integrated Fungal Research, Department of Plant Pathology
• 2005-present   Adjunct Faculty
  Oklahoma State University Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
• 2005-2007   Adjunct Faculty
  Fayetteville State University Department of Biology 
• 1999-2001   Senior Research Scientist
  North Carolina State University, Fungal Genomics Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology

Education

• PhD  Plant Pathology - North Carolina State University (2000)
• MS Plant Pathology  -  Clemson University (1995)
• BS Plant Science  -  Pennsylvania State University (1992)
  

Recent Publications

• Craven, K.D., Valez, E., Hicks, R., Cho, Y., Lawrence C.B., and T. K. Mitchell (2008). The role of anastomosis in pathogenicity of the fungal pathogen Alternaria brassicicola. Eukaryotic Cell 7:675-683.
• Ellis, S.D., Boehm, M.J., and T.K. Mitchell (2008).  Fungal and Fungal-Like Diseases of Plants > OSU Extension Fact Sheet PP 401.07
• Lawrence, C.B., T.K. Mitchell, K.D. Craven, Y. Cho, R.A. Cramer, and K.H. Kim (2008).  Knocking on Death’s Door: Alternaria Pathogenicity Mechanisms.  Plant Pathology Journal 24, 101-111.
• Oh, Y. Y., Donofrio, N., Pan, H., Coughlan, S., Brown, D., Meng, S., Mitchell, T., and R. Dean (2008). Transcriptome analysis reveals new insight into appressorium formation and function in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. Genome Biology 9:R85.
• Mitchell, T.K., R. A. Dean, J-R. Xu, H. Zhu, Y. Oh, and H-S. Rho (2008). Protein Chips and Chromatin Immunoprecipitation – Emerging Technologies to Study Macromolecule Interactions in M. grisea. In Advances in Genetics, Genomics, and Control of Rice Blast Disease. In press.

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Contact Information

Thomas K. Mitchell
Office: 481B Kottman Hall

The Ohio State University
Department of Plant Pathology
2021 Coffey Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1087

Tel: (614) 292-1728
Fax: (614) 292 4455
Email: mitchell.815@osu.edu